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![]() Photos by Fritz Rethage · Posted June 3, 2003 Live Fire Exercise [Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department] [Middletown Township Volunteer Fire Department Training Academy] October 26, 2003 training at this facility: [Group 1 - venting][Group 2 - smokehouse] Movies included in this story -- Arriving on the scene (1 meg) Ready to enter the building (500k) Starting the fire (250k) Hose venting (300k) [Back to First Group] Fireman entering another raging inferno! ![]() ![]() ![]() Some exercises required two or three hose lines. Working as a team to get a third hose into position and operational. ![]() ![]() Venting normally means breaking the windows, but for training purposes special steel doors that represent windows are used. ![]() Getting ready with the second hose, while the academy trainer gives instructions. Movie: Starting the fire (250k) Instructor starting another fire -- actually it was more like a raging conflagration ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Once that fire progressed to optimum effect, the steel doors were shut and command issued the orders to attack. ![]() Assistant Chief giving direction -- let's go...Let's Go!! An automobile in the garage (without gas tank) is used to simulate real life scenarios. ![]() ![]() Trainers would burn hay, wood -- even dried out Christmas trees to create a realistic fire-storm effect ![]() Venting smoke from the firefighters view ![]() View of venting smoke as it appears from the outside Movie: Hose venting (300k) ![]() With the rapid sequence of drills, the Department was using up its air supply. The Academy refilled the air packs so that training could continue. ![]() Department members checking thermal imaging unit [Back to First Group] ###### October 26, 2003 training at this facility: [Group 1 - venting][Group 2 - smokehouse]
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